State presence at Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant extended through April 30 under new agreement

Staffers from the Maryland Environmental Service will remain at the troubled Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant through April 30 under a new agreement between the state and Baltimore. Under a previous agreement, the state agency’s tenure at the plant was poised to end Dec. 31. But now, the Environmental Service will remain into the spring, as long as the city’s Board of Estimates agrees. Its next meeting will take place next Wednesday.